Any brook trout taken today along the south shore are stocked fish which do not reproduce. Preferring clear, cool water of around 40-55 degrees, it is near impossible to have stocked fish holdover from year to year since few of the bodies of water here on the south shore can keep that environment throughout the year.
The city's population is 90.9% native born and 9.1% foreign born. Of the city's population 48.6% are men and 51.4% are females. The races making up the largest parts of the population are: White [85.6%], Hispanic [9.5%] and Two or more races [4.2%]. The population of Arlington, WA is 17,926. 55.0% of the city's population is married. The other 45.0% are single. The city's population is 19.5% college educated and 89.3% have a high school diploma or a GED.
A fact that amazes many Arlington visitors is that it is not a city but a self-governing county. The absence of towns inside its borders makes it the countryâs smallest county that governs itself. If Arlington were a city, it would be the fourth largest in Virginia with its land area of 26 square miles and population of over 200,000.